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CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE 3. The greater number of National Parks and

Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting Sanctuaries should be established for
animal species and their habitats. It is achieved preserving the natural habitats of wild
partially through legislation such as the animals and birds throughout the country.
Endangered Species Act, the establishment and 4. The department of government should
protection of public lands, and responsible public conduct a periodic survey in all the forests
practices that conserve wild animal populations. regarding the conservation of wildlife. They
Steps to be taken for the conservation of wildlife should have the knowledge about the
are : population of all the species of wild animals
and birds so that they can be helped during
1. Some of the laws should be made to ban
the time of floods and famines.
the killing or capturing of endangered
animals or birds. It should be made a 5. Special attention should be paid even by us
punishable offense. Such laws should be also to the conservation of endangered
enforced strictly and should not remain on species of wild animals and birds to prevent
paper only. their extinction altogether.
2. Indiscriminate killing of wild birds and
animals, whether are in abundance should
not be allowed by the forest authorities.

Terminology

Endowments : the action of endowing something or someone
Topography : the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
Precipitation : the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution
Deciduous : a type of tree shedding its leaves annually in every autumn
Predominant : most noticeable, powerful or important
Peninsular : denoting or relating to an area of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into
a body of water

Inside Story
Inside Story
g India is bestowed with a wide range of flora and fauna.
g The cultivated crops and fruits, orchards form a part of vegetation, but not a natural
vegetation.
g Temperate evergreen forests are common in the coastal areas.
g Temperate deciduous forests can be found in the eastern part of the United States and
Canada.
g India is a land of great variety of natural vegetation.
g Depending upon the variations in the climate and the soil, the vegetation of India changes
from one region to another.
g The department of government should conduct a periodic survey in all the forests
regarding the conservation of wildlife.

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